- Monday, May 20, 2024
THE Indian finance ministry on Friday (9) said the country’s economy has started showing signs of recovery from the impact of the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, thanks to targeted fiscal relief, monetary policy and a rapid vaccination drive. “The broad-based economic relief package, extended to mitigate the second…
WHATSAPP Messenger on Friday (9) told the Delhi High Court that it would not compel its users to opt for its new privacy policy till the data protection bill comes into force. Senior counsel Harish Salve, who appeared for WhatsApp and Facebook, informed the court that the new privacy policies…
INDIA'S new railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, who took charge on Thursday (8) following a mega cabinet reshuffle in the Narendra Modi government the day before, has asked officials and staff members in his office to work in two shifts to keep pace with him. The first shift starts at 7…
AT A time when an outrage erupted across India over the death of veteran tribal activist Stan Swamy, The Washington Post on Tuesday (6) reported that a US-based digital forensics firm has revealed that evidence was planted on the computers of two activists arrested in connection with the 2018 Bhima-Koregaon…
INDIA on Thursday (8) strongly refuted Pakistan’s claim that it was behind the bomb blast near the house of Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed in Lahore in June, saying it was “baseless propaganda”. New Delhi also asked Islamabad to take “credible and verifiable” action against terrorism emanating from its soil instead.…
SPECTATORS will be banned from Olympic venues in Tokyo because of a virus state of emergency, Japan's Olympic minister announced on Thursday (8), meaning the Games will happen mostly behind closed doors. "We reached an agreement on no spectators at venues in Tokyo," Tamayo Marukawa said after talks involving local…
POLICE in a rural Bangladesh district have banned gatherings for Sunday's (11) Copa America final between Brazil and Argentina following clashes between rival fans. A long-standing rivalry between followers of the South American giants boiled over after Brazil's semi-final win over Peru to set up the final against Lionel Messi's…
INDIAN business tycoon Mukesh Ambani’s entry into renewable energy worth $10 billion could see solar tariffs driving to the ground further and ignite bidding wars with fellow Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, industry analysts have predicted. According to a report by Reuters, two of India’s richest men are striving hard to…
THE Italian Football Federation (FIGC) says up to 1,000 Italy fans will be allowed to travel to London for Sunday’s Euro 2020 final under strict conditions, including a five-day quarantine on their return. European football’s governing body UEFA has agreed with British authorities to allow a maximum of 1000 supporters…
WHILE a lot has been said about Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s mega cabinet shuffle – the focus given on youth and people with high qualifications – one would still consider with disappointment the fact that only 11 in the prime minister’s jumbo cabinet of 77 are women. Statistically speaking,…
